Winged Foot to Host 2020 U.S. Open

The United States Golf Association (USGA) has announced that Winged Foot Golf Club, in Mamaroneck, N.Y., will host the 2020 U.S. Open.

"We're thrilled to bring the U.S. Open back to this outstanding club," said Thomas J. O'Toole Jr., USGA vice president and Championship Committee chairman.

"Winged Foot offers a spectacular setting in a dynamic market, and has justifiably earned its reputation as one of the premier U.S. Open venues in the nation. And it joins an impressive lineup of future U.S. Open Championship locations that players and fans alike can eagerly anticipate."

The selection marks the sixth time that the West Course at Winged Foot will serve as the host of the U.S. Open. This will also be the 12th USGA championship at Winged Foot, all but three of which were held on the West Course. The dates for the 2020 U.S. Open are June 18-21.

"Winged Foot is a quintessential U.S. Open golf course, and we're thrilled to have the opportunity to bring our national championship back to a site that boasts such a long tradition of world-class competition," said Mike Davis, USGA executive director. "With its wonderfully challenging green complexes and dogleg holes that emphasize proper placement off the tee, Winged Foot offers the best players in the world a spectacular test of golf and delivers to spirited New York golf fans one of the most exciting venues in the game."

Winged Foot Golf Club, located 25 miles north of New York City in Westchester County, last hosted the U.S. Open in 2006, when Geoff Ogilvy outlasted Phil Mickelson, Colin Montgomerie and Jim Furyk for a one-stroke victory. The club also hosted the U.S. Open in 1929 (won by Robert T. Jones Jr.), 1959 (Billy Casper), 1974 (Hale Irwin) and 1984 (Fuzzy Zoeller). Each U.S. Open at Winged Foot has produced a highly competitive championship, as Jones and Zoeller won in playoffs, and Casper and Irwin registered the first of their multiple U.S. Open titles by narrow margins.

"Winged Foot Golf Club is truly honored to have the USGA select it as the host of the 2020 U.S. Open," club president John Schneider said. "The club's relationship with the USGA goes back to 1929 when Bob Jones defeated Al Espinosa to win the U.S. Open in a playoff. The relationship has been cherished by both ever since. Our two A.W. Tillinghast courses have always risen to the challenge of identifying the greatest golfers in the world. Tillinghast's vision has truly stood the test of time and Winged Foot anxiously awaits its next group of challengers."

Winged Foot joins Oakmont (Pa.) Country Club, Baltusrol Golf Club, in Springfield, N.J., Oakland Hills Country Club, in Bloomfield Hills, Mich., and Pebble Beach (Calif.) Golf Links as clubs that have hosted the most U.S. Opens. Oakmont is scheduled to host the U.S. Open for a ninth time in 2016. Baltusrol conducted its seventh U.S. Open in 1993, while Oakland Hills hosted its sixth national championship in 1996 and Pebble Beach is will host its sixth in 2019.

Winged Foot opened in 1923 and has a rich and storied history. Beyond its five U.S. Opens, the East and West courses have held six other USGA championships. The West Course hosted two U.S. Amateurs (1940, 2004) and the 1949 Walker Cup. The East Course hosted two U.S. Women's Opens (1957, 1972) and the first U.S. Senior Open, held in 1980. The West Course also hosted the 1997 PGA Championship.

The 2020 U.S. Open at Winged Foot Golf Club will be the 20th U.S. Open played in New York, the most of any state. Future U.S. Open sites are: Merion Golf Club (East Course), Ardmore, Pa. (2013); Pinehurst Resort (Course No. 2), Village of Pinehurst, N.C. (2014); Chambers Bay, University Place, Wash. (2015); Oakmont (Pa.) Country Club (2016); Erin Hills, Erin, Wis. (2017); Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, Southampton, N.Y. (2018); and Pebble Beach (Calif.) Golf Links (2019).

The above report is courtesy of the USGA. For more information, visit www.usga.org.